Dosimetric characterization of a newly designed encapsulated interstitial brachytherapy source of iodine-125 - Model LS-1 BrachyseedTM

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 813-821

  Nath, Ravinder ^a   Yue, Ning ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

125I source; Dosimetry; Interstitial brachytherapy

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CERAMIC MATERIALS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON EMISSION; ENCAPSULATION; FLUORESCENCE; GAMMA RAYS; PATIENT MONITORING; PHOTONS; RADIOGRAPHY; RATE CONSTANTS; TITANIUM; X RAYS;

INTERSTITIAL BRACHYTHERAPY;

RADIOISOTOPES;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; IODINE 125; IRIDIUM; PLATINUM; RADIOISOTOPE; TITANIUM;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RADIATION; INTERSTITIAL RADIATION; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; X RAY;

ANISOTROPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 0034777391     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(01)00128-2     Document Type: Article

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